Sarah’s Last 1%: Making Space to Finally Finish

Have you ever organized a space… only to be left with one random pile of stuff you have absolutely no idea what to do with? That’s where Sarah is stuck. After making amazing progress on a hallway closet that had collected years of clutter, she’s left with the final 1%: gift cards, spare keys, buttons, shells, memorabilia, mystery objects, and all those little things that don’t have an obvious home. And this is the part where Sarah says she always fails. In this organizing session, we work through that last pile together, and discover that finishing isn’t just about making a few more decisions. Some things need a home. Some need a system. Some are waiting for a project that may or may not ever happen. And some are tangled up with memories, old wounds, and beliefs about what we’re supposed to save and pass on to the people we love. Along the way, Sarah realizes why she’s had such a hard time getting to the end of her organizing projects, and practices something she says she’s never really done before: finishing 100% of her organizing project. In this episode, we explore: - Why the last 1% of clutter can be harder than the first 99% - How starting with the easiest decisions can build momentum - Using short time limits to make overwhelming projects feel doable - Why objects without homes often point to systems we haven’t created yet - How body doubling can help us stay with uncomfortable tasks - How family patterns and past experiences can affect what we’re willing to let go of - How to handle those truly mysterious leftover items - Why putting everything away is part of organizing and not something to leave for later Sarah begins this session believing, “This is the part where I fail.” But she ends it with an empty floor, and the realization that she didn’t give up, even when she desperately wanted to. **Watch the extended session** Want to see more of the actual organizing process? There’s also an extended, hour-long video version of my session with Sarah on YouTube. **WATCH THE EXTENDED VIDEO →** https://youtu.be/oVghlTAoluc **Ready to make space in your own life?** ·      **Download a free copy of my book**, *Why the F*#@ Am I Still Not Organized?, and find more resources, classes, and ways to work with me at www.StarHansen.com/podcast. **Join the Chaos to Calm Organizing Community** at www.starhansen.com/community